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Budget Battles

  • Why These Budget Plans Are More Fiction Than Fiscal

    By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

    When Republican Congressman Paul Ryan unveils his budget plan today, it will get probed, prodded, and debated for its ideas about balancing the budget over 10 years. If the recent past is any guide,...

  • The Decline and Fall of Federal Budgeting

    By Marc Joffe

    Op-Ed: The Obama Administration unprecedented tardiness in submitting a budget to Congress is but the latest stage in the collapse of the federal budgeting process. Instead of a predictable,...

  • Lobbyists Mobilize Over Reforming the Tax Code

    By Jerry Markon, The Washington Post

    An army of lobbyists has been mobilizing in the halls of Congress over recent months in anticipation of what could be a monumental struggle later this year over reforming the tax code. While the...

  • President Talks of Compromise Now on Deficit

    By Roberta Rampton, Reuters

    President Barack Obama said he is looking for compromise in the coming months to end a two-year fight with Congress over how to reduce the deficit, promising Americans in his weekly radio address...

  • Obama, on Schmooze Offensive, Plans 4 Visits to Hill

    By Roberta Rampton, Reuters

    President Barack Obama rarely makes the short trip to Capitol Hill from the White House, but next week his motorcade will be tying up traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue as he tries to convince Congress...